C. N. Sreekantan Nair
C. N. Sreekantan Nair | |
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| Born | 1928 Kollam, Kerala, India |
| Died | 17 December 1976 |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, playwright |
| Awards | Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award M. P. Paul Prize |
C. N. Sreekantan Nair (1928–1976) was a Malayalam writer and playwright.
He is probably best known for his Ramayana trilogy – Kanchana Sita, Saketham and Lankalakshmi – based on the epic Ramayana.[1][2] Poet and scholar Ayyappa Panicker had observed that Lankalakshmi brought out the playwright in Sreekantan Nair, while Saketham and Kanchana Sita highlighted the poet and the philosopher in the playwright.[3] He received the Kendra Sahitya Academy Award in 1962 for Kanchana Sita. It was later adapted into a film with same name by G. Aravindan.[4] His another major work was Nashtakkachavadam which won the M. P. Paul prize.
Sreekantan Nair experimented successfully with stage direction and concepts of theatre.[5] He has also written some short stories.
Works
- Kanchana Sita (1961)
- Lankalakshmi (1974)
- Saketham
- Nashtakkachavadam
- Aa Kani Thinnaruth
- Aettile Pashu
- Madhuvidhu
- Sindoorappottu
- Thilakkunna Ponnu
- Pichippoo
- Puliyilakkara Neryath
- In the Shade of Sahyadri
Awards
- Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award – 1962
- M. P. Paul Prize
References
- ^ Suganthy Krishnamachari (12 February 2010). "Dialogue was its forte". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ K. Venkiteswaran (21 August 2005). "Retelling the Ramayana". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Anand Haridas (14 January 2011). "The King of Lanka". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Sashi Kumar (2–15 January 2010). "Aravindan's art". Frontline. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/epic-moments/article3188727.ece
Further reading
- C. N. Sreekantan Nair, Sarah Joseph (2005). Retelling the Ramayana. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-566623-2.
- Rakhi, K.R., M.A., PhD (2013). Treatment of Myth in C N Sreekantan Nair's Kanchana Sita. Oxford University Press. ISSN 1930-2940.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Lankalakshmi – English Translation by Vasanthi Sankaranarayanan
- Abhilash Pillai (2007). C. N. Sreekantan Nair – Vision & Mission of a theatre Activist. Sahitya Akademi. ASIN B004RC2Y42.
- C. N. Sreekantan Nair (2013). In the shade of Sahyadri. OUP India. ISBN 9780198092179.
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